Talk:St. Lawrence Island

Runway construction on Northeast Cape
In July 1955 Company C of the 820th Engineer Aviation Bn. landed on the cape with heavy construction equipment and constructed a runway to supply the Air Force Site. Construction was completed in October and the entire Battlion was airlifted from the runway they had built and flown to Anchorage.

It has been noted that there are many abandoned drums of petroleum produts left in the landfills. This was a result of fuel being delivered to the construction site in 55Gal drums.

Golfkelley806 (talk) 22:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Time zone
What is the time zone for the island? There is a lack of consistency in googled "authorities", some appearing to state it is an hour earlier than Alaska Time, others two hours earlier. I realize Wikipedia is not the place to define such things, but it would be nice if solid documentation could be found allowing the correct statement to appear here. --Haruo (talk) 02:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

St Lawrence Island uses Alaska time (-9 UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.175.101 (talk) 01:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Alaska timezones were revised in 1983 to combine all but the furthest Aleutian Islands in one time zone.Brennalhughes (talk) 20:25, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Cold War P2V shoot-down
Additional info: 22 June 1955 A US Navy P2V-5 Neptune of VP-9 (BuNo 131515), flying a patrol mission from Kodiak Alaska, was attacked over the Bering Strait by two Soviet MiG-15 Fagots. The aircraft crash-landed on St. Lawrence Island after an engine was set afire. Of the eleven crew members, including pilot Richard F. Fischer, co-pilot David M. Lockhard, Donald E. Sonnek, Thaddeus Maziarz, Martin E. Berg, Eddie Benko, David Assard and Charles Shields, four sustained injuries due to gunfire and six were injured during the landing. The USA demanded $724,947 in compensation; the USSR finally paid half this amount. Aircraft Downed During the Cold War and Thereafter

Soviet Air Force pilots operated under strict ground control and did not open fire on their own initiative, but were ordered to fire by their ground controller. (This was the only incident in which the Soviet Union admitted any responsibility.) --Pawyilee (talk) 18:17, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

The highest point?
I wonder what the source is for Atuk Mtn. being the highest point at 2070 feet? The map doesn't show the the elevation of Atuk, but it shows Tooth as 2207 feet high. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.4.248.225 (talk) 04:53, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Definition of "mainland"
"Travel to and from the mainland was common during calm weather, so the island was used as a hunting base, and occupation sites were re-used periodically rather than permanently occupied." It is unclear if the mainland referenced is Asia or North America. --2A02:8109:A53F:FD1C:2C85:9C12:E05E:BC01 (talk) 17:43, 20 March 2015 (UTC)